Mobile, social, video and TV are all traded through OpenRTB, but native is still waiting on the sidelines despite the release of OpenRTB 2.3. Many Demand Side Platforms (DSPs), software for buying ads across exchanges, are waiting to integrate native because the scale isn't there yet, but on the other side, suppliers who create scale are waiting for the demand, which needs to come through the DSPs. Typical chicken and egg scenario.

This article discusses the challenges to adoption and how every player in the ecosystem can help drive adoption. As soon the technology and standards are implemented, programmatic native will hit its tipping point.

Facebook launched a new product for publishers to create fast, interactive articles on Facebook. Publishers can still sell their own ads and retain 100% of the revenue or fill inventory with Facebook's Audience Network for a 70% cut. ComScore will count visits to Instant Articles as part of a publisher's audience numbers.

For users, this new experience is similar to Snapchat Discover. It leverages fun smartphone features like swiping, tilting and pulling. The content is more engaging and loads 10x faster than regular articles.

Snapchat announced 10 second ads that cost 2 cents per view. Publishers such as Daily Mail are standing by to help create those snaps.

Snapchat has been pushing the envelope of collaboration with publishers. For publishers, custom content is more native to the experience and can drive higher engagement rate. For advertisers, new formats for pennies on the view will be interesting. And for users, they will benefit from the custom, native content rather than traditional formats shoehorned into a new format.

7-Eleven partnered with Complex and agency of record T3 to provide Slurpee with a content platform aimed at reaching Millennials. Complex's Scott Rosman offered insight into why the "Slurpee All Access Chill" content strategy made sense:

"7-Eleven understands that you have to be dynamic in your marketing approach to Millennials and utilizing content is core to that approach since it drives more engagement with consumers than traditional advertising," Rosman explained to me.